KAICIID Fellows
Rao Mrinalini Shanbhag Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati
Swamini Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati is a traditional teacher of Vedanta and a monk in India. She conducts classes and courses in Vedanta, Sanskrit and Vedic chanting in Mumbai and online for international students alongside conducting workshops on personal growth in the light of Indian scriptures an...
Rev. Elisabeth Anne Garvin
Deacon, United Methodist Church, USA Elisabeth (Lisa) Garvin is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church. Lisa connects the church to the world through justice and compassion as the associate dean of the chapel and religious life at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). She facilit...
Rev. William Premkumar Ebenezer Joseph
Minister, Methodist Church of Sri Lanka Rev. William P. Ebenezer Joseph is a minister of the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka and the Co-Secretary of the Congress of Religions and the Secretary General of the Inter-faith Coalition for Peace. Having pioneered many innovative peace-related programmes, i...
Rogelio Patayan Lelis, Jr.
Rogelio P. Lelis, Jr. earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2012 from the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU), where he is currently a Lecturer at the undergraduate program of the Department of Psychology. While completing his masteral studies, he has affiliated with the ADDU Center of Psych...
Romdhane Barhoumi
Dr. Romdhane Barhoumi is a professor at the Higher Institute of Islamic Civilization at Zaytouna University, Tunisia. He holds a doctorate in “ISESCO and Strategies for Dialogue among Civilizations” from University of Zaytuna as well as a master’s degree in Islamic civilization. Since 2006 he ...
Salih Bolanle Animashaun
South Eastern Zonal Coordinator, Interfaith Mediation Center Born on 3rd of March,1965, in Imam’s Compound, Agbeni, Ibadan, Oyo State, by Al-hajjah Siddiiqat Awero of popular Ekun family to Al-Hajj Fasasi (El-faazaazi) Ajadi of Animashaun dynasty. He attended the local Islamic and nursery hom...
Samaila Yahaya
Pastor and assisting the chief of administration, House On The Rock, Kaduna, Nigeria Samaila Yahaya holds a BSC in geography, a postgraduate diploma in management and is currently a pastor and assisting the chief of administration at House On The Rock, in Kaduna, Nigeria. He also volunteers with YW...
Sayyed Hassan Ali Alamine
Sayyed Hassan Ali Alamine is the vice president of the Allamah AlAmine foundation for acquaintance and dialogue. He studied Islamic studies and history at the Imam Sadr Institute for Islamic studies in South Lebanon, which was under direct care of his father, the High Islamic Scholar Sayyed Ali El-...
Sayyed Ali Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei
Sayyed Ali Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei was born on 29th of September 1988, in the holy city of Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq, into the family of the Spiritual leader for Shia Muslims, Ayatollah Imam Sayed Abul-Qasim Al-Khoei. After the first Gulf War, the Shi’a uprising against Saddam Hussein’s regim...
Simran Jeet Singh
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is an educator, activist, and writer who is a Visiting Professor at Union Seminary and host of Spirited, a new interview-based podcast about spirituality, faith, and activism. Simran serves as a columnist for Religion News Service and a chaplain at Columbia University and New Y...